457: How to Find Focus

<p>This week, we talk about finding focus when there are infinite things to learn to become a better designer.</p><h3><strong>The Sidebar:</strong></h3><p>The Sidebar is an exclusive weekly segment for our Patreon supporters. You can subscribe starting at $1 per month for access to bonus content going forward! Sign up at <a href="https://patreon.com/designdetails">patreon.com/designdetails</a>.</p><h3><strong>Latest VIP Patrons:</strong></h3><ul><li>Jack Slocum</li><li>Omar</li><li>Jonas Maaløe</li><li>Thomas O'Brien</li><li>Mark Haley</li><li>Daniel Palmer</li><li>Neil Mac</li><li>Kim Slawson</li><li>Rachael</li><li>Shannon Gallagher</li><li>Nacho Allendesalazar</li><li>Felipe Espinoza</li><li>ZHUORUI CHEN</li><li>Gulyuz Abdukholiqova</li><li>Julie Less</li><li>Rafa Dahis</li></ul><h3><strong>Main Topic:</strong></h3><p>This week, <a href="https://github.com/designdetails/designdetails/issues/703">Blucose asks on GitHub</a>: <i>how do you decide what to focus on? How do you make sure you become a master, rather than a jack of all trades?</i></p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dowsing">Dowsing</a></li></ul><h3><strong>Cool Things:</strong></h3><ul><li>Brian shared Posts by <a href="https://read.cv">read.cv</a> — a new app for designers to hang out and talk shop; it's like Twitter, but for designers, and it looks fantastic.</li><li>Marshall shared <a href="https://bockwild.com">bockwild.com</a> — a wonderful site built by listener <a href="https://twitter.com/dakshiblue">Dakshi</a> that highlights some of the buck-wild things Marshall has said on the show.</li></ul><h3><strong>Design Details on the Web:</strong></h3><ul><li>📻 We are <a href="https://twitter.com/designdetailsfm">@designdetailsfm</a><ul><li>🎙 Brian is <a href="https://twitter.com/brian_lovin">@brian_lovin</a></li><li>🎙 Marshall is <a href="https://twitter.com/marshallbock">@marshallbock</a></li></ul></li><li> <ul><li>🙌 Support us on <a href="https://www.patreon.com/designdetails">Patreon</a> - your support literally makes this show po